Peach Cobbler Brûlée Recipe

In my opinion, you cannot get more Southern summer than a good peach cobbler. If you are from anywhere in the south, especially Texas, I’m sure you have some good memories that involve peach cobbler and your family. Any that come to mind? One of my mom’s special desserts was a peach cobbler. Admittedly, I am not a big peach fan, nor have I ever been. But when you combine fruit with a cakelike dish, I’m sold. Top it off with some homemade vanilla Ice Cream and we’re cooking with fire. The aroma of it wafting through the house as it comes out of the oven is enough to draw anyone’s attention into the kitchen….

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I am the worst. I have had this blog post ready to go for probably a good 2 weeks. This cake was made about 3 or 4 weeks ago. I think I was putting it off because I was not happy with the pictures, but what can you do in the winter months when you work till 5…take pictures like these. The pictures, no matter how good, couldn’t do the cake justice anyways.

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I have been excited for the chance to post something that is a family recipe for a while. I have been digging for some of my Nanny’s (my moms mom) recipes for a while now. Still the only one I have of hers is her peanut brittle, and for some silly reason I have the desire to keep that one sacred. So when my Mother in-law, Isabel (it truly is still weird for me to say “Isabel” and not “Mrs. Lewis”. It is so hard for me to call them by their first names, I feel like my Mom is going to get after me any minute…anyone else like that? For the purpose of this post, I will do it though ) asked me to make the families Red Earth Cake for my father in-law, Steve’s, surprise birthday dinner, I jumped at the chance. Then, I got nervous. Making a family recipe that is passed down is really a scary thing. What if it doesn’t live up to my predecessors renditions? What if I do something a little different and no one likes it?

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I had good intentions of having this post up over the weekend…I really did. But after I made my previous post while sitting in the passenger seat during our long trek to my parents…the car sickness was enough to deter me from trying that again on the way back. I wish I weren’t one of those people who get motion sickness. I am not a good passenger, and unfortunately, I cannot sleep in the car very easily either, otherwise that would be nice to keep me occupied. What’s that you ask? Why don’t you drive? Well, you see…I am not a fan of driving for long periods of time either. Most trips down to visit my parents, I do take the wheel half way. This time we were hauling a trailer there and a hot tub on the trailer back, and that I don’t do.

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I mentioned last week sometime that I would have a guest blogger before Easter. My Aunt Jan typically makes fun Easter treats every year, and I saw a particularly fun one on her facebook not long ago. When she mentioned she would be making it with her grandchildren and my cousin Jaime, I asked if they would mind documenting it. This cake is a particularly fun one to do with little ones for Easter, or just for a fun cake for a family gathering. …

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Its Strawberry season! Or at least I thought it was until I went to the store and there wasn’t but a few cases…but then again, Marshall isn’t known for its vast food selection. But when I was asking Doug for any requests on the next blog addition…he said strawberry shortcake. So of course I wanted to make something a little more appealing than the regular strawberry Shortcake. I searched and searched for an appealing angel food recipe and came across this onehere. I tweaked it a little of course..(not much) and then added the strawberries and the whipped cream frosting from a tuxedo cake from the Pastry Queen. …

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Happy Valentine’s day to everyone! I am not going to lie, even though I am so lucky and blessed to have the most amazing Valentine ever (aka my husband)…I am not a big subscriber to Valentines Day in general. Not necessarily a cynic, just am one of those who consider it a “holiday” for the card company to make money. I was going to go into more detail on my thoughts on Valentines Day and if you are going to say I love you or send flowers, do it spontaneously (which Doug does!) However, I just got a sweet email from my Valentine and got a little mushy inside so I’ll just stop there because I guess I do give into it a little!!